A militant, who was identified as Adil, laid down his arms and surrendered to security forces. (Representational)
Two militants were killed while another was captured on Sunday after a gun battle between security forces and militants that broke out in Shopian district of south Kashmir Saturday night, news agency ANI reported. According to PTI, one of the deceased militant was been identified as Tariq Ahmed Dar, whose body was recovered from the encounter site. He was allegedly involved in numerous terror-related incidents, the police said.
Meanwhile, the police officials further told reporters that another militant, who was identified as Adil, laid down his arms and surrendered to security forces after he was cornered from all sides. According to PTI, Jammu and Kashmir police officials assured him that he will not be killed if he surrendered peacefully, after which he came out of hiding spot in the debris of the house and gave up his AK-47.
Jammu and Kashmir: Terrorist killed in Shopian encounter identified as Tariq Ah Bhat of Hizbul Mujahideen (File picture) pic.twitter.com/O1xmFtGkQF
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The encounter came a day after a 19-year old girl was injured after militants launched an attack on army vans at Barbugh in Imam Sahib area of Shopian district. The forces launched a search operation in the region on Friday evening, after receiving inputs about the presence of militants in the region. A gun battle started between security forces and militants on Friday night after the militants opened fire, PTI said. According to ANI, the encounter at the sight has come to an end.
